Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134382.015 - Employee is killed after being struck by paddle wheel

Accident Summary Nr: 134382.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 03/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1522217.015	03/29/2021		311611	Jbs Foods, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on March 27, 2021, an employee was installing a paddle wheel in a raceway after the completion of an airline replacement/upgrade in the bottom of the raceway. The employee was struck by a 2,500 pound paddle wheel after the trolley and chain hoist used to secure the paddle wheel failed causing it to fall off the overhead I-Beam. The employee suffered a fractured neck and was killed.

Keywords: Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Hoist, Inadequate Maint, Installing, Laceration, Maintenance, Malfunction, Material Handling, Mech Malfunction, Neck, Struck By, Wheel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1522217.015	55	M	Fatality		Not specified mechanics and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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